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White Ibis continues in Morristown – Oct. 25, 2017

Posted on October 25, 2017 by Jonathan Klizas

(Click on the photo for a larger image.) The White Ibis of Speedwell Lake, Morristown continues as of late this afternoon, Oct. 25. The previous post about this Morris rarity is here. Yesterday, Chris Thomas saw the Ibis fly from … Continue reading →

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White Ibis in Morristown – Oct. 23, 2017

Posted on October 23, 2017 by Jonathan Klizas

(Click on the photo for a larger image.) Look who is back. A White Ibis is actively feeding at Speedwell Lake in Morristown. Speedwell Lake is not regularly visited by birders so the Ibis may have been at the lake all … Continue reading →

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Mid-October Birds – Oct. 14, 2017

Posted on October 14, 2017 by Jonathan Klizas

(Click on the photo for a larger image.) Troy Meadows was thick with Swamp and Song Sparrows this morning. Add Field, White-crowned, White-throated, Vesper, Savannah, and Lincoln’s Sparrows to the mix and it spells Mid-October in northern New Jersey. Common Yellowthroats, … Continue reading →

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A Dickcissel closes out the summer – Sep. 22, 2017

Posted on September 22, 2017 by Jonathan Klizas

The summer of 2017 was generous at the Lincoln Park Gravel Pits where a number of Morris County rarities were found. The first was the extraordinary Black-necked Stilt of July 28. The second rarity at The Pits was the first Buff-breasted … Continue reading →

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Ron Pittaway’s annual Winter Finch Forecast for 2017-18

Posted on September 21, 2017 by Jonathan Klizas

Do not expect many boreal species in north New Jersey this winter. Bumper cone crops, or as Ron Pittaways says: “the best cone crop in a decade or more”, will keep most of the winter finches satiated in the north. … Continue reading →

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Birds, everywhere – Sep. 9, 2019

Posted on September 9, 2017 by Jonathan Klizas

Here is the precipitation radar from this morning, Saturday, at 5:30 AM. As you can see, the northeast is bone-dry: And here is the reflectivity radar (i.e. birds) from 5:15 this morning: This represents an explosion of migrants in the … Continue reading →

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White Ibis at Troy Meadows in Morris Co. – Sep. 7, 2017

Posted on September 7, 2017 by Jonathan Klizas

(Click on the photo for a larger image.) Morris County’s third record of White Ibis was found today by Chuck Hantis at Troy Meadows. The juvenile White Ibis was in Troy Brook when Chuck first saw it fly in at … Continue reading →

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Birds and insects in out-of-the-way places – Aug. 31, 2017

Posted on August 31, 2017 by Jonathan Klizas

(Click on the photo for a larger image.) A visit to the abandoned Whippany Paper Board property in Hanover Twp. this morning, known with the eBird Hotspot alias of Central Park (Hanover Twp.), produced 40 species of birds including 2 Common Ravens, … Continue reading →

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Lark Sparrow in Somerset Co.; migration notes – Aug. 24, 2017

Posted on August 24, 2017 by Jonathan Klizas

Lark Sparrow at Wagner Arboretum (Glenhurst Meadows) (Click on the photo for a larger image.) Mike Newlon found a Lark Sparrow at the Wagner Arboretum section of Glenhurst Meadows in Warren Twp., Somerset Co. today. Observers viewed the sparrow throughout … Continue reading →

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Buff-breasted Sandpiper in Morris County – Aug. 22, 2017

Posted on August 22, 2017 by Jonathan Klizas

(Click on the photo for a larger image) The last record mocosocoBirds has of a Buff-breasted Sandpiper in Morris County is from 1990 – twenty-seven years ago. That drought ended today, August 22, 2017, as a gorgeous Buff-breasted Sandpiper showed … Continue reading →

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